United - Barca CL Stats 2011

Park scoring vs Chelsea at OT

The excitement of Saturday's game is well and truly kicking in. I already had two nightmares last night about the game but I guess losing 10-0 won't happen this Saturday so I shouldn't worry about that. Realistically speaking, Barca's side is better than ours but football is a funny old game that often comes up with that odd surprise or two. I've got enough faith in Fergie and the players to think that our side could spring a surprise this Saturday. The world is writing us off but looking at the following stats I have gathered I learned that Barca haven't really been setting the world alight in the CL this season.

AWAY FORM

Barcelona Away

Played - 6
Won - 3
Drew - 2
Lost - 1
GF - 9

GA - 4

Points - 11

Man Utd Away

Played - 6

Won - 5

Drew - 1

Lost - 0

GF - 8

GA - 0

Points - 16

Neither of the teams will be playing at their stadium. Barcelona have been frightening whilst playing at their colossal Nou Camp but our away form has been better. We still haven't conceded a single goal on the road and have scored only one goal less than this much acclaimed Barca side. I also believe that the sides we faced during the group stages were slightly better than those Barca faced. Rangers & Valencia are better than Copenhagen, Rubin Kazan & Panathinaikos. We also had Bursaspor in our group whose quality is probably in the same region as the quality of the sides which faced Barca in the group stages. In the latter stages, however, Barcelona faced more challenging teams. We tackled Marseille, Chelsea and Schalke while the Catalans overcame the challenges posed by Arsenal, Shaktar and Real Madrid. 

Giggsy scoring vs Schalke Away

HOME FORM

Barcelona Home

Played - 6

Won - 5

Drew - 1 

Lost - 0

GF - 18

GA - 4

Points - 16

Man Utd Home

Played - 6

Won - 4

Drew - 2

Lost - 0

GF - 10

GA - 4

Points - 14 

Barca have been slightly better than us at home. Backed by their fans they are truly an unstoppable side but at Wembley United will probably have the backing of the majority. Just as Arsenal have proven, this Barca side is not an unbeatable one. They have also been stopped by the minnows of Rubin Kazan & Copenhagen in the group stages and a lot of football experts are suggesting that Barcelona have looked a tad tired during the final quarter of the season. Whilst I scrolled through the Catalan's league results, I noticed that the 4-0 & 5-0 scorelines, visible during the first half of the season, have dispersed during the second half. On their day Barca are capable of putting to shame anyone but we're Manchester United and I believe our team could beat any team in the world and yes, that includes the mighty Barcelona. 

Anything can happen but one thing is for sure, Whatever happens we'll never die! Whatever happens, We'll keep the Red flag flying high!

COME ON UNITED!